After Contrary
- 15%Founded something3
- 30%Joined a startup6
- 55%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Contrary most often go to a long tail of companies. Of them, 15% found something next and 30% go somewhere small. The median tenure is 2y
Not Contrary's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 32 people on a map of 67,181, No. 777 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 32Under 0.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 722% of the people here
- Moved on
- 2578% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 2ymiddle half 1y 6m to 2y 7m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move.
Not enough recorded moves to draw a river for Contrary yet.
How long people stay
5%<1y
45%1-2y
36%2-4y
9%4-7y
5%7y+
22 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
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<3017
<3<318
<3319
6<320
9<321
0<322
4823
4324
<3325
0<326
joined left2026 is a partial year
2016 to 2026: 32 joined, 25 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (21).
Titles held here
- Venture Partner19
- Fellow5
- Chief of Staff3
3 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 16% of people here.
Where they studied
- MIT12.5%
- Harvard9.4%
- Penn9.4%
- Stanford9.4%
The 4 most listed schools among the 32 people here with a school on file.
4 of the 32 people here with a school on file list MIT, 3 list Harvard and 3 list Penn. A person can list more than one, so these overlap.
Public work
one square is one in a hundred
31%have a public GitHub account on their profile
10 of the 32 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts. An account the check missed reads the same as no account, so this is a floor.
31% is the median across the 857 companies that can show this figure.
Where they are now
47% of the people who have worked at Contrary and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 41% of everyone on the map.
Contrary
Everyone on the map
- 47%SF Bay Area15 · map 41%
- 44%New York14 · map 18%
- 9%Somewhere else3
All 32 people who worked at Contrary list a location, and every share here is over them.
Where they live now, from the profile as it reads today, not where they sat while working at Contrary: a metro here isn't an office there. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map.
On the same resumes
Companies that show up most often alongside Contrary, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 32 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Contrary: 7 are there now, 25 have moved on.
- Median tenure at Contrary: 2y, middle half 1y 6m to 2y 7m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after Contrary, 15% went to a founder title next, 30% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and fewer than 3 joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Most common title held here: Venture Partner, then Fellow.
- Top school: MIT, listed by 4 of the 32 people here with one on file (12.5%). Then Harvard (3).
- 47% of the 32 people here who list a location live in SF Bay Area today, against 41% across the map. Where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.
- 31% of the 32 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts have a public GitHub.
About this data: built from 352,028 jobs across 67,181 engineers in the Zelcast network and Eng Scorer reads, updated September 30, 2026. A move counts when the next role starts within 24 months of leaving. Companies under 20 people on the map aren't shown, and destinations under 3 people fold into the totals. Caliber is the Eng Scorer score.
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